JUF and You

Subscribe to JUF's
e-mail newsletters:

The Guide
The Guide to Jewish Living in Chicago
offers a comprehensive, up-to-date listing of Chicago-area Jewish organizations, resources, products, and services.
Memorials & Celebrations
Celebrating, rejoicing or sending love to a friend in need? JUF has a card or certificate designed just for you.
E-mail this page   E-mail this page      Print this page   Print this page      Bookmark and Share

The Guide offers a comprehensive, up-to-date listing of Chicago-area Jewish organizations, resources, products, and services. (Please note site policies regarding usage.)

 

Jewish Vocational Service (JVS)

Central Offices
216 W. Jackson Blvd
Suite 700
Chicago, IL 60606-5056
Phone: (312) 673-3400
Fax: (312) 553-5544
TTY: (312) 444-2877
E-mail: jvs@jvschicago.org
Website: http://www.jvschicago.org

JVS Locations

Jewish Vocational Service is a dynamic, flexible organization, providing the latest techniques to meet the continually changing employment and career planning challenges of the rapidly changing marketplace. The agency offers a wide range of professional career development and rehabilitation training programs for clients at all levels.

MAIN OFFICE
216 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 700
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(312) 673-3400 (V) (312) 444-2877 (TTY)
(312) 553-5544 (FAX)
jvs@jvschicago.org (e-mail)
www.jvschicago.org

CAREER PLANNING CENTER
Bernard Weinger JCC
300 Revere Drive
Northbrook, Illinois 60062
(847) 412-4300 (V) (847) 412-4316 (TTY)
(312) 553-5526 (FAX)
jvsnb@jvschicago.org (e-mail)

ESL/WORKPLACE EDUCATION
Anshe Motele Congregation
6526 North California Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60645
(773) 743-5638
(312) 553-5524 (FAX)
jvselt@jvschicago.org (e-mail)

EZRA
909 West Wilson
Chicago, Illinois 60640
(773) 275-0866
(773) 477-5123 (FAX)

HYDE PARK/WOODLAWN CENTER
950 East 61st Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637
(773) 493-3400 (V) (773) 493-7218 (TTY)
(312) 553-5521 (FAX)
jvshp@jvschicago.org (e-mail)

LOMBARD OFFICE
10 East 22nd Street, Suite 215
Lombard, Illinois 60148
(630) 889-0548 (V) (630) 925-1001 (TTY)
(312) 553-5522 (FAX)
jvswest@jvschicago.org (e-mail)

NORTHWEST SUBURBAN OFFICE
1156 West Shure Drive, Suite 181
Arlington, Heights, Illinois 60004
(847) 392-8205 (V) (847) 392-7916 (TTY)
(847) 553-5527 (FAX)
jvsah@jvschicago.org

SAMPSON-KATZ CENTER
2020 West Devon Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60637
(773) 761-9000 (V) (773) 761-6672 (TTY)
(312) 553-5523 (FAX)
jvsskc@jvschicago.org (e-mail)

SKOKIE OFFICE
Goldie Bachmann Luftig Building
5150 Golf Road
Skokie, Illinois 60077
(847) 568-5150 V) (847) 568-5185 (TTY)
(312) 553-5525 (FAX)
jvsskoki@jvschicago.org (e-mail)


JVS PROGRAMS

ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Main Office
Academic scholarships for college and graduate students with financial need, made available through the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.

CAREER CONNECTIONS FOR PROFESSIONALS
Main Office
Monthly seminars featuring job search experts.

CAREERTRACKS
Career Planning Center
A program for young Jewish adults, 18-24, who are having trouble making the transition from high school to work or sustaining a college education.

COLLEGE COUNSELING
Career Planning Center
Skokie Office
College search and application strategies, information, assistance and support throughout the entire process.

COOPERATIVE COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAM FOR YOUNG ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES (Co-Op)
Sampson-Katz Center
A vocational and life skills training program for Jewish young adults with developmental disabilities which will enhance their independence and self-esteem.

 ILLINOIS SBDC/DUMAN MICROENTERPRISE CENTER
Main Office
Interest free loans for Jewish entrepreneurs for start-up or small business expansion. Additional services include seminars, business education, technical assistance and mentoring.

JEWISH EMPLOYMENT NETWORK
Career Planning Center
Lombard Office
Main Office
Northwest Suburban Office
Skokie Office
Networking, strategy groups and the tools to be competitive for unemployed middle managers, executives and young professionals who are members of participating congregations.

REFUGEE SERVICES
ESL/Anshe Motele Congregation
Northwest Suburban Office
Skokie Office
Job placement, English-as-a-Second Language vocational literacy and computer skills training for refugees.

SPECIAL EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
EZRA
Job placement for the disadvantaged.

Update this entry